![]() What made them think to double that in the estimate? Previously, the high watermark for a Hopper was $40.5 million. This is the one that’s causing palpitations in the dealer/collector community. Some big, interesting pieces are being sold tonight. Here are a few early results to whet your appetite. Imagine that happening on a grand monetary scale. A book I paid $950 for three years ago, same variance and issue, just sold at auction for $550. How are they able to convince wealthy folks to spend these astronomical sums? I know from collecting books that values are ephemeral. The appreciation of art is so subjective. My fascination with these semi-annual big-ticket art auctions continues unabated. It’s where commerce collides with integrity. Wiped off the map for the Barclay’s Center. This was a food bodega near my apartment in Downtown Brooklyn. That’s a Calder sculpture in the foreground. That Reganesque figure in the back is Basquiat, correct? And the pricing is Warhol? Sold over estimate. They’re just neon lights is all.Īnother Warhol/Basquiat mash-up. ![]() Rothko usually didn’t work with such a dark palate but I love his use of plum here. Why would anyone live in Los Angeles? Aside from it not being 10 degrees with a -25 chill factor?Ī few more from last month’s auctions. ![]() It’s a miracle only 30 people died when you consider the amount of damage it caused. They cancelled regular programming to cover the destruction and I couldn’t tear myself away from the TV. There was a terrible earthquake in Los Angeles yesterday morning. Her teeth are brown and rotten from smoking. I thought we had a pretty good time at the party but the conversation was just awful. She said, “I know you,” and I said, “Yes, I met you at Kris’s party.” Her eyes lit up and said, “That’s right! I remember you! You’re Joe!” That hurt. I made a fake call at the payphone, talking into it while listening to the dial tone, and then sat at the bar. I stopped in a bar where I suspected Peggy, the girl I met at Kris’s Christmas party, worked and I was RIGHT! There she was, behind the bar. I didn’t think I’d left any kind of impression at all. When I got back to New York I found it in the folds of my wallet and threw it in the garbage. She gave me her business card and it had her photo on it. I remember trying to kiss her in the Holiday Inn parking lot after the wedding. They handed the phone to her and she got all breathy and wanted to know when I was coming to Cleveland again. That nutty girl I met at his wedding-Jezebel or something like that-was visiting. They look great but feel like two bear traps.Ĭalled. Took a slow walk home in dress shoes that hurt. I felt stupid sitting in the Angelica lobby café in a suit. I’d heard it was excessively violent but the story was so compelling and the acting so adroit I didn’t notice if that was the case. Afterwards, I didn’t want to go home so I went to the Angelica and saw Mike Leigh’s Naked. ![]() I’d like to see the dynamic between Bonnie and Mamet. She said she could tell it was going to happen because he suddenly started paying close attention to his appearance and clothes. She watched him dump his wife for a younger women. He said, “That’s good because I wouldn’t tell you.” David Mamet is directing the show. I told him I admired his work and didn’t want to know how any of it was done. She introduced me to him in a restaurant once. Somehow, I’ll find the money for a ticket. I love magicians and that guy is the grandmaster. He’s doing an off-Broadway show and she wants me to join her. When is she going to stop tormenting herself over that old man? Bonnie’s old boyfriend, Ricky Jay, is in the Times. ![]() They invited me to pre-show dinner but I said I was too broke join them. The cold gave me a headache so severe it felt like I had a mild concussion. I met Oswaldo and Ellis at The Public Theater despite it being 10 degrees out with a chill factor of 25 below. This made me melancholy for an entire afternoon. ![]()
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